New Zealand won the toss and elected to field to provide the 230th occasion of New Zealand doing so in one day internationals. It also provides the 29th occasion of New Zealand doing so in one day internationals against India

New Zealand capped JD Lennox for this game. He became the 223rd cricketer to represent New Zealand in one day games. He also became the 21st New Zealand cricketer to make his one day debut against India. With this 148 New Zealand cricketers have played against India.

Shubman Gill scored 56 in this game to provide the 295th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals. It also provides the 31st occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals against New Zealand

Shubman Gill scored 56 in this game to provide the 86th occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals against New Zealand

Shubman Gill scored 56 in this game to provide the 628th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals. It also provides the 68th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty plus runs in one day internationals against New Zealand

Shubman Gill scored 56 in this game to provide the second occasion of his scoring a fifty plus runs as captain in one day internationals. The first occasion was his 56 at Vadodara in the first one day international at Vadodara on 11 Jan 2026.

It also represents his 25th fifty and 17th half century in one day internationals. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 2930 runs from 60 matches

It also represents his 23rd fifty and 16th half century in one day internationals as an opening batsman. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 2664 runs from 55 matches as an opening batsman.

Shubman Gill now stands eighth in the list of Indian opening batsmen who have scored most runs in one day internationals. He went past SM Gavaskar who had scored 2651 runs as an opening batsman to occupy the eighth position. The following table lists the nine batsmen.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	1994-2012	344	340	23	15310	200*	48.29	45	75	12
2	RG Sharma	2011-2026	194	192	18	9536	264	54.8	31	48	08
3	SC Ganguly	1996-2007	242	236	16	9146	183	41.57	19	58	13
4	V Sehwag	2001-2013	204	202	06	7240	219	36.93	14	34	13
5	S Dhawan	2010-2022	166	164	10	6793	143	44.11	17	39	05
6	K Srikkanth	1981-1992	146	145	04	4091	123	29.01	04	27	11
7	G Gambhir	2003-2013	094	091	06	3367	150	39.61	08	21	08
8	Shubman Gill	2020-2026	055	055	08	2664	208	56.68	07	16	01
9	SM Gavaskar	1974-1987	083	083	08	2651	103*	35.34	01	25	07

KL Rahul scored 112 not out in this game to provide the 17th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in one day internationals. It also represents the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring century in one day internationals against New Zealand. It also represents his third century as wicket keeper batsman in one day internationals. He had scored 102 against Netherlands at Bengaluru on 12 Nov 2023

The first occasion against New Zealand was KL Rahul’s 112 at Mt Manganui on 11 Feb 2020. Thus KL Rahul’s 112 not out in this game represents his highest individual score as a wicket keeper batsman in one day internationals.

KL Rahul scored 112 not out in this game to provide the 329th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day internationals. It also represents the 37th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring century in one day internationals against New Zealand.

It also represents his eighth century and 28th fifty in one day internationals from 93 matches. His run aggregate read 3359 runs at the end of this game from 93 games. He is one of the 18 Indian batsmen who have scored 3300 runs in one day internationals

KL Rahul scored 112 not out in this game represents his highest individual innings in in one day internationals. His eight centuries are listed below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	100*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Jun 2016
2	111	2	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	06 Jul 2019
3	102	1	v West Indies	Visakhapatnam	18 Dec 2019
4	112	1	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	11 Feb 2020
5	108	1	v England	Pune	26 Mar 2021
6	111*	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	10 Sep 2023
7	102	1	v Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
8	112*	1	v New Zealand	Rajkot	14 Jan 2026

Shubman Gill scored 56 and KL Rahul scored 112 not out in this game to provide the 15th occasion of an Indian captain and wicket keeper scoring fifties in the same innings in a one day international. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	C	94	2	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	06 Nov 1998
	NR Mongia	K	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	06 Nov 1998
2	SC Ganguly	C	78	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	09 Nov 2002
	R Dravid	K	51	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	09 Nov 2002
3	R Dravid	C	50	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Feb 2006
	MS Dhoni	K	77*	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Feb 2006
4	R Dravid	C	54*	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	21 Jan 2007
	MS Dhoni	K	62*	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	21 Jan 2007
5	V Kohli	C	104	2	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Jan 2019
	MS Dhoni	K	55*	2	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Jan 2019
6	V Kohli	C	72	1	v West Indies	Manchester	27 Jun 2019
	MS Dhoni	K	56*	1	v West Indies	Manchester	27 Jun 2019
7	V Kohli	C	78	1	v Australia	Rajkot	17 Jan 2020
	KL Rahul	K	80	1	v Australia	Rajkot	17 Jan 2020
8	V Kohli	C	89	2	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 2020
	KL Rahul	K	76	2	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 2020
9	V Kohli	C	56	1	v England	Pune	23 Mar 2021
	KL Rahul	K	62*	1	v England	Pune	23 Mar 2021
10	V Kohli	C	66	1	v England	Pune	26 Mar 2021
	RR Pant	K	77	1	v England	Pune	26 Mar 2021
11	S Dhawan	C	86*	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 2021
	Ishan Kishan	K	59	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 2021
12	KL Rahul	C	55	1	v South Africa	Paarl	21 Jan 2022
	RR Pant	K	85	1	v South Africa	Paarl	21 Jan 2022
13	KL Rahul	C	58*	2	v Australia	Mohali	22 Sep 2023
	KL Rahul	K	58*	2	v Australia	Mohali	22 Sep 2023
14	RG Sharma	C	61	1	v Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
	KL Rahul	K	102	1	v Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
15	Shubman Gill	C	56	1	v New Zealand	Rajkot	14 Jan 2026
	KL Rahul	K	112*	1	v New Zealand	Rajkot	14 Jan 2026

Shubman Gill scored 56 and KL Rahul scored 112 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian captain scoring a half centuty and wicket keeper scoring a century in the same innings in a one day international. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	C	61	1	v Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
	KL Rahul	K	102	1	v Netherlands	Bengaluru	12 Nov 2023
2	Shubman Gill	C	56	1	v New Zealand	Rajkot	14 Jan 2026
	KL Rahul	K	112*	1	v New Zealand	Rajkot	14 Jan 2026

WA Young and DJ Mitchell added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 64th occasion of New Zealand batsman posting 150 plus runs partnership in an innings in a one day international. It also provides the 13th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in an innings in a one day international against India

WA Young and DJ Mitchell added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 16th occasion of New Zealand batsman posting 150 plus runs partnership in an innings in a one day international for the third wicket. It also provides the sixth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in an innings in a one day international against India for the third wicket.

It is interesting to note that DJ Mitchell is one of the partner on three occasions when New Zealand batsmen posted 150 plus runs partnerships against India.

Kuldeep Yadav returned with figures of 1 for 82 in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in a one day international. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in a one day international against New Zealand.

It also provides the second occasion of Kuldeep Yadav conceding 80 plus runs against New Zealand in one day international. The other occasion was his 2 for 84 at Hamilton on 05 Feb 2020.

DJ Mitchell of New Zealand scored 131 not out to provide the 168th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a one day international. It also provides the 25th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a one day international against India.

DJ Mitchell’s 131 not out in this game represents his third century against India. Other two are – 130 at Dharamsala on 22 Oct 2023 and 134 at Wankhede on 15 Nov 2023.

DJ Mitchell became the fourth New Zealand batsman to score three or more centuries against India in one day internationals. Others are – NJ Astle {05}, CL Cairns {03} and LRPL Taylor {03}

KL Rahul’s 112 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 79th occasion of an Indian batsman’s century going in vain in a one day international. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman’s century going in vain in a one day international against New Zealand.

KL Rahul’s 112 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman’s century going in vain in a one day international. It also provides the seconf occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman’s century going in vain in a one day international against New Zealand.

New Zealand won this game by seven wickets to post its 397th win in one day international. It also represents its 51st win against India in one day internationals.